Delegate profile: Nick Langworthy

Nick Langworthy shed a superlative this year, and he’s delighted: “I’m no longer the youngest Republican county chairman.”

While some New York delegates are here with children, Langworthy’s traveling with his fiancee, Erin. The 31-year-old former congressional aide took the reins of the Erie County GOP in 2010 when Jim Domagalski vacated the post to run for office, and was immediately thrust onto the statewide stage when Buffalo developer Carl Paladino won the Republican gubernatorial primary.

Tampa is his third convention, but the first at which he’s a delegate. Having his hands in the mud of politics has been Langworthy’s dream since college, where he rose to chair the College Republicans statewide.

“There’s not a silver bullet to attract youth to our party, but we have to continue to create opportunities for younger people to run for office or be party leaders,” he said. “The GOP can’t be a party where you have to wait until you’re 60 to succeed.”